How Hong Kong’s elderly face ‘hidden malnutrition’ risk and expert tips on staying healthy
Beneath the longevity statistics lies a quiet crisis: “hidden malnutrition” among the elderly, who consume enough calories to…
Remdesivir for Kidney Transplant Recipients With COVID-19
Early antiviral treatment reduced the risk of organ rejection and heart complications by nearly half for up to…
Diet helps people lose weight regardless of genetic obesity risk
A six-month clinical trial found that people with a high genetic risk for obesity benefited just as much…
Nearly 1 million bottles of heart and kidney medication recalled over foreign substance found on tablets
Nearly one million bottles of heart and kidney medication have been recalled nationwide over the possibility of a “foreign substance,”…
Hearing aids may lower dementia risk in adults with epilepsy and hearing loss
Adults with both epilepsy and hearing loss who use hearing aids may have a 23% lower risk of…
Are People With Eating Disorders Misusing GLP-1 Drugs?
Among over 400 people with eating disorders in an interim analysis of an ongoing cross-sectional study, 32.1% said…
American Heart Association launches platform for earlier heart failure risk identification
Nearly 7 million people in the United States are living with heart failure, and that number is expected to…
Interspecies blastocyst complementation generates generates rat-derived kidneys in mice
Kidney transplantation remains the most effective treatment for end-stage kidney disease, yet a severe shortage of donor organs…
Advanced MRI scans predict chronic kidney disease in patients undergoing nephrectomy
An investigator at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received international recognition for innovative imaging…
Diabetes: Hypertension drugs may speed up kidney disease
Share on PinterestA drug commonly used to keep blood pressure in check may speed up kidney disease development…
Common hypertension drugs tied to worse kidney outcomes in T2D patients
New research presented at the 63rd ERA Congress suggests that a widely used class of blood pressure medications…
Current chronic kidney disease diagnostic thresholds reflect true patient risk
The thresholds for kidney function currently used to diagnose chronic kidney disease (CKD) reflect a true increase in…